"Enemy swarms spotted!"

On the calm and waveless sea, the four girls constantly adjusted their positions in a circular formation, ready to meet the upcoming air raid at any time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And the warning just now was issued by the girl with dazzling blond hair closest to the center of the ring array.

"Anti-aircraft fire readiness!" , With the order of the flagship, the girls who originally maintained the annular air defense formation invested all their remaining mental power into the anti-aircraft artillery group and even the auxiliary artillery group on the ship.

In Des Moine's and Anne's radar senses, enemy carrier-based aircraft are heading towards their side at high speed.

The reason why aircraft carriers have such a powerful strike capability is precisely those carrier-based aircraft that look inconspicuous but have extremely high maneuverability.

Naval warfare is a motorized and information-based operation, and aircraft carriers have achieved both rapid reaction and powerful reconnaissance capabilities through carrier-based aircraft. If it weren't for some flaws, perhaps the position of the first capital ship would have been replaced by them.

A faint whistling sound echoed in the ears of the girls, who were already able to catch the high-altitude cruising carrier-based aircraft. The enhanced hearing and eyesight are enough to make the shipwives aware of the dangers that appear in the sky.

A little extrapolation leads to the conclusion that there are eighteen of them. At this time, the secondary artillery crew on their ships had already opened fire, in order to break up the formation of their carrier-based aircraft.

Perhaps the number of anti-aircraft guns in the crowd was sufficient, and after facing the intensive fire, the enemy carrier-based aircraft group divided into three teams and began to adjust the angle and reduce the altitude.

Even Des Moines, with its radar and anti-aircraft fire control bonuses, failed to hurt the carrier-based aircraft with nimble steering barrages fired by the secondary artillery crew.

"It's flexible." , Des Moines expressed exactly how he felt.

Des Moines, who had the best anti-aircraft performance, said so, and it was even more difficult for other people's secondary artillery crews to hit these carrier-based aircraft.

As the enemy crew continued to decline, it began to approach the range of the girls' ships with small and medium-sized anti-aircraft guns, and at this time, there was a significant difference in the different air defense capabilities of several girls.

De Moines relied on a strong air defense system to directly destroy four carrier-based aircraft flying overhead, directly breaking up a formation.

Long Xiang, who was struggling to control the carrier-based aircraft in the extreme distance, sensed the sudden destruction of the carrier-based aircraft, and seemed to be very surprised:

"It was possible to use a training bomb with only one-tenth of the power to defeat our ship's combat ......."

It was precisely because of Des Moin's surprisingly strong anti-aircraft firepower that Long Xiang immediately transferred the carrier-based aircraft above him to the sky above the other two.

Suzuya and Anne also defended with their own anti-aircraft artillery crews at this time, but compared to Anne's achievement of being able to damage three aircraft with secondary guns, Suzuya's anti-aircraft artillery crew did not seem to be very effective.

And the results of several shipwives in this air raid were expected by Aritus. Des Moines itself has an excellent anti-aircraft artillery crew, equipped with excellent anti-aircraft radar and fire control, and it is not difficult to destroy incoming enemy aircraft; Anne's anti-aircraft artillery crew was also not bad, certainly a lot worse than Des Moines; As for Suzuya's problem, Arrites had previously looked for a suitable anti-aircraft gun on the market...... But unfortunately there was no gain.

Due to the formation of a no-fly zone on Des Moines' side, the enemy aircraft group did not fly towards Des Moines and Veneto, which also gave the two men a little time to observe some other conditions.

It's not that Des Moines doesn't want to go to the rescue...... Rather, in the preset air defense grouping, it is exactly two by two. If she were to change her position at this moment, the anti-aircraft fire around Veneto would be weakened, and enemy carrier-based aircraft would soon set fire on her.

Des Moines controls his SC Sea Hawk from a distance, evading enemy aircraft and searching the nearby waters.

While Suzuya and Anne were using anti-aircraft guns to return fire, perhaps the altitude was lowered to a sufficient position, and the remaining enemy planes began to drop bombs.

The miniature bomb has a power that is not miniature and bursts of fire on the surface of the sea, which is exactly the result of the bomb dropped by the enemy plane just now.

Of course, due to the obstruction of the anti-aircraft guns, Suzuya and Anne easily avoided these not particularly powerful aerial bombs, and no one was injured in this round of attack.

But Aritaus wasn't overjoyed. Lacking air supremacy, they are actually tactically at a disadvantage, and even if no one is injured, they still maintain a passive defensive posture at the moment.

The group of enemy planes, having unleashed a wave of offensive, re-ascended to adjust the situation, and it seemed that the next wave was still brewing. De Moines, who controls the radar and commands the fleet's few remaining reconnaissance planes, warns:

"Tell the moving enemy fleet if you find it in the nearby waters!"

Is it really a coordinated operation...... Alitus thought hard about the offensive that the other side would launch, and thought so.

In this battle, Kazama's fleet consisted of a light carrier Niang, a light cruiser Niang, and two destroyer Yama. Such a formation, in a head-on battle with Aritus' fleet, would easily fall into a disadvantage.

However, at this moment, the other side first used its air superiority to interfere with and strike at its own fleet, and then continued its lightning strike operations.

The speed of the formation is calculated by the lowest one in the fleet, and the speed of the Aritus fleet at this time is only about 31 knots, and due to the need to deal with the threat in the air, it is temporarily impossible to expend energy to pressurize the main engine to increase the speed.

The lightning strike launched by the other side in the form of air supremacy by taking advantage of the speed advantage of the lightning strike fleet is indeed difficult to prevent. The powerful weapon of small ships against large ships is the powerful torpedo, and relying on the high speed, it is easier for the lightning strike formation to get close.

De Moines noticed the sight of three girls in the distance, and she knew that it was a lightning strike fleet led by a cruiser leading two destroyers.

"The enemy lightning strike fleet is rapidly approaching at a speed of 40 knots!" , Veneto reminded Aritus.

"Adjust the course to evade, and the annular air defense array remains unchanged." , taking into account that there are still some carrier-based aircraft of the opposing side that did not appear, Aritus made such a decision.

Veneto and De Moines have already begun to adjust their course, and both of them have a large turning radius, so they need to be prepared beforehand.

"Anne, Suzuya, allow you to use your main guns to fight back against the enemy's lightning fleet...... However, if an enemy aircraft starts attacking again, an immediate ceasefire is required. After a moment's hesitation, Aretus gave such an order.

After receiving such news, the two diverted part of their energy for air defense to the main guns, and used part of the main guns to shell the lightning fleets at a distance.

Due to the lack of full effort, the shooting accuracy of the two was not ideal, and even Anne, who had the advantage of the rate of fire, did not cause any damage to the three shipwives who had a speed of more than 40 knots.

As the two were distracted from operating the main gun, Des Moines' radar showed another wave of planes in the air, smaller in number than before, but seemingly more dangerous.

"Let the secondary artillery group return fire, and the anti-aircraft artillery group will be full-time air defense!" , Veneto gave such instructions.

The threat of an enemy lightning strike fleet is not small, but the swarm of enemy aircraft that is about to move at high altitude is even more dangerous.

With the whistling sound of the aircraft, twelve planes with different livery were mixed with the previous fourteen, and once again attacked the four girls on the sea.

Although a part of the secondary artillery was missing for anti-aircraft combat, relying on the anti-aircraft fire of four people, three were still damaged and one was destroyed.

But this time, the enemy group dropped not only less powerful aerial bombs, but also aviation torpedoes that cut a slight white trail on the sea surface!

The originally arranged annular anti-aircraft array was disrupted by a sudden lightning strike, but at this moment the enemy carrier-based aircraft seemed to have lost most of their attack capabilities, and could only use machine gun fire to destroy the anti-aircraft artillery groups installed on the girls' ships.

At this moment, the opposing lightning formation changed. Two of them distanced themselves from Veneto and the other four, while only the southwesterly wind continued to increase its speed to full speed at 42 knots.

Takekuma and Den projected all the torpedoes stored in the torpedo tubes, and 17 torpedoes were fired in a fan shape towards Veneto and others.

Only the southwesterly wind, which continued to move forward, also entered the torpedo firing position, and also projected all six torpedoes, and quickly turned away.

On the turquoise sea, twenty or thirty white marks pierced the water, and under its snow-white air waves were extremely powerful torpedoes.

Anne and Suzuya, who were about to pursue, gave up on the idea and continued to use naval guns to concentrate fire on the southwest wind, speculating that it would be easy to get caught in the torpedo area that had been fired at at their own speed.

With the lack of air support, Anne and Suzuya can concentrate more on artillery. With a high rate of fire, the southwesterly quickly exited the field after being hit twice.

On the other side, the situation is not too good. De Moines and Veneto had some trouble dodging the faster torpedoes. The two cross-mines formed by aviation torpedoes and shipborne torpedoes form a minefield that is difficult to avoid.

Since the torpedo will explode when it is close to the ship's girls, in order to avoid being hit too much, Veneto emits a faint blue light and unfolds a special protective energy layer.

This is one of the abilities she possesses, and it is this protective layer that she has relied on to protect herself from some of the damage caused by deep sea lightning strikes when she was chased by the deep sea before.

Boom! The torpedo burst caused a splash, and the closest one was Veneto.

Through the sensing of the psychic network, Aritus knew that Veneto was still far from the state of Xiao Po, and only slightly damaged the ship's equipment by the shockwave.

"Admiral, do you need to continue the pursuit of the enemy's lightning strike fleet?" Veneto, after watching all the torpedoes sink, questioned his admiral.

Aritus was also thinking about it.

Enemy carrier-based aircraft are indeed difficult to deal with, not that they will definitely cause excessive damage to their own ships, but that their fast maneuverability can support other battlefields in time.

At this time, Aritus could choose to let Suzuya go after Abukuma and Den alone, and he also believed that Suzuya's ability to force at least one of them to leave. However, the enemy planes still flying over the sea area could take advantage of her to leave the formation and attack her by concentrating fire.

Although at this time Aritus noticed that the enemy carrier-based aircraft were still only hovering at high altitude and did not have the idea of conducting a third offensive, he still could not ignore it.

Except for a very small number of ship girls, most ship girls still need to be carried out in formation for air defense, otherwise they will not be able to take care of their own air defense when they leave the formation.

The combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers lies in those inconspicuous carrier-based aircraft, and their high-speed maneuverability and the huge destructive power that can be caused to the ship's mother make many shipwrecks ashamed.

Just a light aircraft carrier with a small number of aircraft, combined with a light cruiser and two destroyer carriers, can bring a lot of trouble to Aritus's fleet. And the core of the opponent's battle in this battle is the light aircraft carrier girl.

But Aritus didn't know that when he thought so, Long Xiang, who was still gritting his teeth and insisting on controlling the carrier-based aircraft, could no longer support it.

Just as Ahritus was about to abandon the pursuit and continue to move in a circular formation, Kazama, who was standing not far away, applied to the referee:

"Long Xiang Requests to Retire"

"Kazama-san, if you make this request, the total number of points will be too low, and the game will be over."

"I understand, but Ryucha can't continue to fight......," Kazama said with his head down.

The referee didn't seem to understand what he meant at first, and it wasn't until he shifted the view of the small monitor to the sea where Ryuxiang was that he understood why Kazama would make such a request.

In the picture, he is dressed in red, and his ship's uniform has been tightened. The girl can now only rely on the special buoyancy provided by the ship's equipment to float on the sea, and seems to be completely incapacitated.

In order to control all the carrier-based aircraft, she released most of her spirit, and the spiritual power she left behind was not even enough to urge the main engine to continue sailing.

The referee who witnessed this scene naturally gave instructions for the end of the game.

And Arritheus only knew that Ryujo was in such a bad state when he heard what Kazama said.

High-intensity air strikes not only put strong pressure on the enemy fleet, but also greatly deplete the mental strength of the aircraft carrier. That's why some people say that aircraft carriers are powerful and fragile existences, and it is very easy for them to fall into this state of detachment when they are alone in high-intensity missions.

Aircraft carriers have a powerful strike capability, which can be seen from the fact that Long Xiang's carrier-based aircraft brought great trouble to Veneto and others after seizing the air supremacy advantage; But they are also extremely vulnerable, and if they are on the battlefield, they are very easy to be sunk.

When Veneto and the others came back, they were a little surprised to hear that Long Xiang was in such a bad state.

"The carrier-based aircraft offensive just now has really caused us considerable trouble......," Veneto commented.

"Let's go back and rest first, and then we'll discuss the harvest of this operation." After saying goodbye to Kazama, who had left with Ryuka who had been dragged back by Denden and Nagara, Aritaus said this to the four girls beside him.

"Admiral, let's go eat!" Looking at the scorching sun that had risen overhead, Suzuya urged so much.

"Well, I'm a little hungry too...... four or five hours have passed since the morning, and it's time for Aritus to eat.